Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1875 — Remington Items. [ARTICLE]

Remington Items.

[From tho Record.’ J C. 7. Culver was baptised at the Christian Church, Monday evening. E. B. Cross is building a house on Indiana street 22x26—instead of 22x23. Church S Lyon closed up their dry goods store last Wednesday, to invoice. Considerable ice has been put np in this place, taken from Carpenter creek, north of town. Walter Railsback has been very sick for the past three weeks, but is now slowly recovering. D. H. Coover has tan viewing all things in a one-sided past week, caused by a large boil on his neck. John Shaw returned from Battle Ground, Tippecanoe county, Monday, where he had been called to attend the denth-bSH of his only uncle. We tried Io count all the persons that endeavored to enter Church & Lyon’s dry goods store, Wednesday, while they were closed, invoicing. We stopped and so did seventeen hundrod I Don’t think that because we have not said anything in regard to the land sales for the past two weeks, that O. B.‘ Mclntire & Co. are not doing a large business in lands. In fact that branch of trade has been uncommon lively for several weeks, and O. B. Mclntire informs us that he sold a number of farms and town lots last week. It will be seen by reading the proceedings of the Board of Trustees for the town of Remington, that W. W. Sage and J. W. Shaffer have been appointed trustees, to fill the vacancies in the first and second wards, made by tho removal of 0. B. Mclntire and Robt. Parker. Mr. F. L. Cotton has been appointed Marshal, Mr. Lucky being unable to serve on account of poor health. There-has been considerable talk in regard to tho lady who visited Frank Morgan’s jewelry store, dressed as a “gay-wad festive youth,” last week. She left a watch chain on her first visit, and in a few days returned for it, dressed as a lady should be dressed. There isn’t any particular harm in a young lady trying the boys clothes on, to “see how they look,” but it is very unladylike to be caught on the street in that condition. There were six accessions to the M. E. church on last Sunday. The good work still gpes op. Meeting every morning at 11 o’stock, and every evening at 7 o’clock. As we Stated last week, the President of the Board of Trade, at Pittsburg, was capiased in this place Thursday for a debt, the particulars of which are about as follows. Morton, a grain dealer at Kentland, had contracted a large amount of grain to Graff, and Snyder, a groin merchant at idaville, was furnishing the grain to Morton. Before the contract was filled Morton was arrested, and Snyder shipped the balance (two car load) to the Pittsburg man, in his own name. Morton owed Graff, and he placed the grain to his credit, and refused to honor Snyder’s draft. Snyder discovered that Graff was on the train and followed him to Remington, and while the freight was being unloaded, had a capias made oat, and Graff arrested. The case was brought before Esq. Spencer, but after considerable squibbling, a change of venue was taken to Esq. Jeffreys. Wiley Pierce, who was acting as constable, was employed as counoil by defendant, which left no acting constable, and Mr. Graff took advantage of the situation and prepared to “vamoos.” In the meantime, Chas. Jouvenat, plaintiff’s council, had secured Mr. Frank Cotton as acting constable, had him swfirn in, and the new constable just bad time to place his hand upon the defendant’s shoulder as he was getting into a buggy for the purpose of leaving. As a matter of course he didn’t leave just then, but compromised the matter by paying $l5O and costs. The claim was S2OO.